Asked by Entertainment Weekly if the film will address Houston's death, Bassett said: "No. That's one of the things I do appreciate about the story at least, with this first story about her. We're not interested in dragging her life again through, you know, the muck.

"She had to play out her choices, and the consequences of them, in a very hot, glaring spotlight, but we're not interested in dragging that through again."

The film will focus on Houston's turbulent marriage to Bobby Brown, but Bassett said that it will give a "positive" portrayal of her ex-husband.